Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-03-25


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|! Li,,ie FalIsrs &C the aiate OF The north
EatsT, not 4, mention the north polk.
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BRYANT passing few ]. vino speak ia
praisee of' wild stormy Marcll'' though
istt, be sure We smainly ground laudations
upon what IS exceptional in it: The
time Of the sinsi, nf Tie birds has come
|,o.us, ALREADY, Il Hilliop, . country
home ~, la,ne,I form its poaitionl upon
the highest land in Brunch county.
Tie robins have been Hit,ils fora week
or.more, among the n,ng niicsnt tr4e tops
of5the place, selecting desirable sites for
prospective Summer residences and
nurseries. In4he pertulMti.ms natuta
10 ..he season. however suspect these
small things may turn out 10 better
than little red breasted idiots after all
not wiser than man, perhaps 30 much
the better, st~ays, forSfhe worms and
the cherries. sS5ES;HsS5 2ss :>s@.
f sAptopos of March il Minnesota, let
rs chronicle i new the blossomiagsa few
years ago, in the twentieth Of this month
At Stscaaud and probably in. fsyorahle
|locations at Little Falls, OF the represen-
,atjve spring indigsne Of tina north
western prairies, namely, the purple
sand flower. or basque. flower, or croe,,s,
or headache plant, or hartsilOTn liant,
Or. gosling,s or pulsatilla, or prairie
smoke, or--dear knowe what all besides;
the hardy wildliny hasss many names
as a. prince Of the blood, iii Europe.
Speaking of flowers take leave to
mestion. by request the Catalogue of
F|ora, Of MiDnesota, botanical work
which wast bvought out some littie time
since, at Minneapolis, by Mt. Wares
Uphan. then *,f the geological and
natural history survey Of Minnesota,
This publication is q par, Of The annual
state report of. progress for 1888, and
IN annotated dist Of all the
species and varieties Of the indigenous
and introduced plants growing
without cultivation, wh,chi have been
observed in;he field Of study from its
earliest exploration up "a the date Of
issue. OF these, the Floraeatalogue 1862,
l5i2 of which are na,iYg1,o the state;
the remaining 1856, or Abon; eight per
cent If the whole, are inapsl plants
which lrave either undergone, or are now
undergoing, HE process of naturaliza-
ton. Mrs. Blaisttlraad Rev. f. v.
Cam phell, one iorhlvr, and 'he other
i believe, a present resident of St. Cloud,
have each made valuable contributions
to the local list, of central Minnesota.
MI. @: T.. Gsrrisn, once of the sane
city, and we'll known by Morrison COUNTY
pioneers, likewise furnished ample
botanical notes upon this region, BESIDES
greatly increasing. the floral catalogue Of
lie northern coun,ies of the state.
Mr.. Upl,am's work, by the way, is
not to Ike considered us final. 1t is, on
The contrary, subject to future supple
men, by such additions AS accommodating
material shall warrant; and stud nts
engaged in this line cfresearch. having
original observations 10 offer, are
referred to Prof. N. II. Winchell. curator
Of the university museum Of Minneapo.
lis.
! There are two 81. thres plant owing
wild near Little Falls WHICH / m UGH
wish tosees preserved, when in flower,
For scientific; purposes, Que of these IS
a White. and another, a strawcooed
variety Of Aquilegia CaHadensis. The
common name OF tire species il Wild
columbine or, as generally called at
Little Falls, wild honey suckie. There
are. OF were. several specie of the true
wild honey suckle, both shrubs and
climhers, growing west Of the Mississippi i
near Mr.. Porter,s place, but the
aquiIegia is not at all of the honey
sutlsle family Though the flowers Of
the com mon sort aEe red aud yellow, the
plant is not a Shrub, aud does notclimb,
but is Of slender, Struggling growth not
exceeding fott 4,r two in height, and
blossom lAtein May or eariy in June.
The flower about an inch in diameter,
may be recognized by lis five hollow
cup like petals which, alternating with
colored sepaIs, are prolonged into, horn
shaped spurs, curving inward toward
the flower stalk, at their ex1remities
The white and the. yellow varieties
appear to be new to botanists. They arc
floral curiosities, aud in the Minnesota
catalogue are only reported from: Little
Falls aud Fl. Ripley. Pure white
aquilegiass were once found by Mrs.
Jonathan Taylor and myself growing
| wild in the south part Of town, artile
residence Of Mrs. Dow, who informed US
Ithat they were formerly of,en met
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